It happened in the late 1990s, in the United States, that patent offices started to accept financial patents.

美国是在上世纪九十年代末期的时候，专利局才开始授予金融专利。

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I forget who--it may have been Charles Seller who said if you want to see the Market Revolution happening go study the Archives of the U.S. Patent Office.

我忘了是谁说的,大概是查尔斯.塞勒,他说,若你想看看市场革命是怎么发生的,就去研究美国专利局的档案吧

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Now, we're starting to see patent offices accepting financial devices.

不过现在我们渐渐发现,专利局也开始认可金融工具了。

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